| are you talking about Arab people who support their monarchs b/c they are competent or just the leaders?? its an open question wether the Arab people are on the side of Iran despite the bombing. this also happened in ramadan so let us see how the gulf responds on Monday. ppl who dont open the Quran from one ramadan to the next have now heard it in its entirety- that will moderate the Arab street, probably have zero affect on the sheiks, im pretty sure they dont perform tidhawi, if I gambled I'd bet money that MBS doesnt actually knows how to perform salah, not just follow along but the actual words. |
The event where the 19 US military bases in Gulf stopped operating ? Yeah, I missed that one. |
No surprises here but how is this pertinent to the current situation? |
They also want to get rid of the Israelis and its handmaidens. They are likely to embrace the IRGC if they become the winner. Arabs ride with the winner. That used to be US/Israel, and it used to be the Brits |
Does it really matter ? The leaders make and carry out their national policy without pesky elections to worry about. The average Saudi citizen gets a check from the government - and is the definition of “fat and happy.” They are not making any waves even if they could. |
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Treason does not apply to Israeli first people in our government. You can even be an Israeli dual citizen and support a foreign nation at the cost of America without consequence. |
I don't think this is about following precepts of the faith at all, PP. It's about money. Iran has long been an annoyance in the Middle East, because of their hardline stance against the West, which is bad for Iranians first and foremost, but also a risk for business in all the region, due to potential for conflict. Arab states detest Israel, but they recognize that Israel has the upper hand economically and therefore have softened relations. The US is the only country powerful enough and willing enough to offer military protection in the Gulf. EU countries like France have a tiny number of bases and security accords as well, but nothing close to American capability. Arab states are caught in a war they long-feared and never wanted, and they're outraged. If MBS truly encouraged Trump to attack Iran, as rumors claim, that backfired spectacularly. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, from the UAE, openly lambasted Trump on X (then deleted his post because friends told him he had gone too far). It's a complete mess and breakdown of trust. Oh, and now Europe is worried about having to deal with yet another influx of refugees from this war. The moderate political parties are barely holding onto power, against the ultra-right who gets off on anti-immigration campaigns. This war has the potential to change politics in Europe as well. |
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Israel strikes major oil & gas field causing oil prices to skyrocket
Is Israel trying to crash the whole global economy???? There are shortages of major chemicals dervied from oil here in the U.S. (urea, nitrogen, sulfure) critical to the fertilizer and other petrobased chemicals industries. Why are they striking oil producing infastructure??? Are they trying to cause a global recession? What are they doing???? What are they thinking? |
They can spin this as the result of Iran and use the backlash to garner more support for the war. |
Yes and yes. As Jeffrey Epstein put it in a 2008 email “this is how the Jew makes money”, “let the goyim Deal with the real world”. |
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Grok what would Henry Ford say?
“They hit South Pars to cut Iran's cash, sure, but that's just the cover—the real game is driving up prices so the financiers rake it in. Wars are their harvests. The poor man pays at the pump, the working man starves on higher food costs, and the bankers laugh all the way to the vault.” |
| Pretty amazing that George Bush was able to plan his ME war more competently than Donald Trump. |